Need help to analyze this situation (maybe NT ppl can help)

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Hi. I'm an aspie and I'm having a sort of problem about a guy I can't get over. Can you, please, help me understand this?
Around 9 months ago I was going out with this guy and the last time we saw each other, he said "I'm in love" and later "Do you want to date me?". As an aspie, I ended up giving a kind of cold response which was "That early?". But previously, I said I liked him. Tried messaging him on the phone but no reply. A few days later I tried again, no reply. Again, a few days later I messaged him on Facebook "when are we meeting again?". No reply. In this time frame, he posted songs that included "I wish he was my boyfriend" and another one saying "Can't you see I'm knocking at your door" with the subtitle "this could never be more true". I got confused, cause he was ignoring me but also seemed to like me at the same time. This motivated me to try once again to contact him (and maybe humiliate myself a bit more, lol). There was a show going on, and he liked the artist. I sent to his phone "x artist will be performing at that place for free" followed by "you'll most likely just ignore me, but I just thought about letting you know" (the despair, haha). I got a reply this time: "hahaha" and "I'm going to work already". Later, I messaged "Can we talk, please?". No reply.
Note: messages were sent. No doubt on this (Whatsapp for the phone messages).
The thing is I can't get this out my head. And it is slowly turning into an obsession. Life went on, I met other people, I kept doing my stuff but I can't lie, I still like him.
So, finally: If he seemed to like me, why did he ignore me that way? Was that response that offensive?

Sorry for the long text and thank you.

He most likely thought that when you said that that you were rejecting him. He probably feels embarrassed about having said something, especially if he said he was in love. He probably thought your messages and invitations were just you being friendly and maybe feeling sorry for him.

If you want him back at this point, the best thing to do is to be honest. I know it's hard, but at this point you have nothing to lose, since he won't even respond to your messages. You might get him back, or if he says no, at least you will have closure.

Just tell him you were only joking when you said it was too early to date, that you thought about it and you like him back, and that you'd like to date him after all if he still wants to. Wait for him to reply, and if he never does you can safely says it's over. If he does reply and says he still wants to go out, then yay!

P.S. You asked for an NT, and I am one. Sort of.

P.P.S. How long ago did he confess to you?

P.P.P.S Let me know how things go!

Frankly, it sounds like the guy was playing games.

I'd avoid these sorts of guys.

My only advice is that if you are polyamory, just see him as one of your attachments right now, and get on with your life and get new attachments. If you are not polyamory, you need to get him out of your mind.

Yeah, he felt rejected at your response to "I think I'm in love". You don't sound like you knew how to answer that and now wish you could have thrown him a bone and brought him closer to you. It didn't.

As a guy, after feeling rejected, I'm going to keep the person rejecting me at arms length. I'll likely be more careful saying anything around the girl because I'll feel she doesn't care. Your wanting to talk to him is probably confusing as well.

There's other fish in the sea

Stop blaming yourself. This guy is playing with your head. All of that other stuff is for somebody else. Move on and forget this ever happened before somebody calls the cops on you and accuses you of stalking and harassment. Some people - even adults - do vicious things to people who make themselves so available. Get busy with something EXCEPT this individual.
You'll end up having a whole relationship in your own head. That's cruel to do to yourself.

I'm not going to be much help because I see nothing wrong with how you responded when he asked if you wanted to date him. I'm aspie too though so maybe that's why. If I had to guess why he is acting that way, I would say that there is probably something else going on with him that has nothing to do with you. People are complicated. Maybe he decided he wasn't ready for a relationship or maybe he got back together with an ex. Who knows? Dont stress out thinking it was something you said or did, it probably wasnt you at all.

It sounds to me like he was just playing you for a fool the whole time. If he truly did like you or want to date you, he would have responded to at least one of your messages, whether he felt rejected or not (and what you said was a perfectly reasonable response in my opinion, and nothing for someone to feel hurt over).